Dubia Cockroaches

 Dubia Cockroaches



We are learning about mini beasts in Nursery and this week we were excited to look after some Dubia Cockroaches.  We hope you enjoy the pictures and learning some facts about them!






 Some children enjoyed holding them!


We made charcoal observational drawings too!


FACTS......


Dubia roaches live together in groups.

👋Dubia Roaches have their skeleton on the outside like a hard shell.  It is called an exo-skeleton.

👋As the shell is hard a growing Dubia Roach will need to moult, coming out and leaving its exoskeleton behind.  It will do this 7 times before it becomes an adult.

👋Dubia Roaches do not fly but they do have wings.

👋Male Dubia can run faster than females.

👋Males Dubia have longer wings than females.

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